MBA – Accounting
In as little as 15 months and for around $20,000, you can have your MBA and be ready for the next step in your career. 100% online. No GMAT or GRE required.
Whether you want to become a certified public accountant or work in business accounting or auditing, the M.B.A.-Accounting emphasis will provide the educational background, courses, and the number of hours that you need to get there. Gain advanced knowledge in audit, taxation, managerial, financial and forensic accounting.
MBA - Accounting program features
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- Degree completion in as little as 15 months, or 36 credit hours*
- Accelerated 7-week online class formats
- 100% online (international students cannot apply for this program)
- No GRE/GMAT required
- Small classes with accessible, knowledgeable and supportive faculty
- Program prerequisites may be required for some that do not hold an undergraduate degree in Accounting*
*Individual requirements may vary.
Note: This program does not prepare students for the CPA Exam or other professional accounting designations. If you are interested in becoming a CPA, CMA, CIA, or other type of accounting professional, please review the Master of Science in Accountancy program.
Why TWU?
Four-Plus-One in Accounting Program
Still need your B.B.A.?
Texas Woman’s offers a combination B.B.A. and M.B.A. with Accounting emphasis that allows you to complete both programs in as little as five years and for just $42,500. No GMAT or GRE required.
Find more information on this option here
The Four-Plus-One Program in Accounting combines the BBA-Accounting degree with the MBA - Accounting Concentration to provide coursework required to take the Uniform CPA Exam (Texas State Board of Public Accountancy). If you are a resident of another state, contact our department to determine whether our program fulfills requirements to take the Uniform CPA Exam in your home state.
Accredited and highly ranked
The Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business and Entrepreneurship is now accredited from AACSB International
—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), considered the world’s leading association of business schools. Less than 6% of business schools worldwide have earned this distinction.
Texas Woman’s also ranks 6th (tied) among U.S. universities for diversity, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Only 15 months to a degree
If you earned your BBA in accounting from an accredited university, you only need to complete 36 max semester credit hours to earn your MBA in this program. Most of our students complete the requirements in 15 months.
We build women leaders
Only 5.4 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, and only 25 percent of senior managers and executives within those companies are women. TWU is working to help change that.
More than 70 percent of our faculty and staff across the university are women. While MAK College faculty prepare you to tackle the male-dominated world of business, our outreach staff work closely with employers to bring networking and employment opportunities to campus.
For our budding entrepreneurs, TWU’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs is the state’s only university center dedicated to women’s entrepreneurship and business ownership. The Center provides tools for you to succeed including access to training/coaching, funding, mentoring and networking opportunities.
Tailored career planning
The Career Connections Center provides advising services and tailored career planning, including networking and salary negotiations. Fast-track your job search using the Career's Handshake, a unique resume reviewing and job opening database that works to fast-track your job search.
The Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business and Entrepreneurship takes it one step further with a team of Outreach and External Relations staff that work with the Career Connections Center to keep our business students in-the-know on employment opportunities and networking events.
Careers & salaries*
Accountants perform important tasks all across every type of organization, including for-profits, charities, hospitals, universities, governmental entities with tasks such as pensions, payroll, pricing, cash management, costing products and services, budgeting, financial statement creation and reporting. Plus, many upper-level managers have strong backgrounds in accounting.
With this degree, you have multiple career opportunities including:
- Financial Manager: $156,100 per year
- Top Executive: $103,840 per year
- Personal Financial Advisor: $99,580 per year
- Management Analysts: $99,410 per year
*Median salaries, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Admission requirements
Admission to the MBA
Marketing, HR, Analytics, Women in Leadership, Healthcare, Entrepreneurship, Gen Business Acct & Finance
Program Contact
Pushkala Raman, Ph.D.
Graduate Program Director
mba@twu.edu
Application Deadlines
The College of Business admits students on a continual basis. Please contact the College for more information.
Admission Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Applicants with a GPA of 3.0 or higher in their last 60 hour undergraduate hours and an undergraduate degree in business will be considered for unconditional admission to the MBA program.
- Applicants with GPAs between 2.5 and 2.99 in their last 60 hour undergraduate hours and an undergraduate degree in business may be admitted conditionally and will be required to take three provisional courses in business. After successful completion of the three courses (with grades of A or B), the applicant will be move to unconditional status.
- Applicants who do not have a business degree and have GPAs of 2.5 and higher in their last 60 undergraduate hours may be admitted conditionally and will be required to take three provisional courses in business. After successful completion of the three courses (with grades of A or B), the applicant will be moved to unconditional status.
- Applicants are expected to be proficient in the current tools of Business: Microsoft Office suite of products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access). Admitted applicants that need to enhance their proficiency in any of these areas will have free tutorials available via Lynda.com.
- No GRE/GMAT required.
The College of Business holds orientation for new students in the fall and spring semesters. It is a requirement that all new students attend one of these session. Information will be provided after acceptance to the program.
Graduate Admission
Begin by reviewing your program's website to see if there are additional admission requirements and application deadlines prior to applying.
- Apply online.
Apply to Graduate Programs via the TWU Online Graduate Application Portal following instructions below. - Submit transcripts to TWU.
- Domestic Applicants must submit official transcripts for each college or university attended, both undergraduate and graduate. See the Information on Transcripts website for more details. Original transcripts for each college/university attended must be submitted, even if referred to on another schools transcripts.
- International Applicants are now required to provide an evaluation prepared by a NACES or AICE member evaluation service. International transcripts should not be sent directly to TWU. See the International Admissions website for more details.
- Submit Recommendation Requests
If your program requires you to submit names for recommendations you will need to do it in the application. List of programs-majors. - Pay the application fee.
The $50 fee ($75 fee for International applicants), which applies to all new and returning applicants, can be paid by:- Credit card - Pay Online through the application as the last step before submitting the application. The second portion of the application will not be available until the application fee has been received.
- Fee Waivers - Graduate applicants who are certified McNair Scholars are eligible for a McNair Scholar Application Fee Waiver. TWU Alumni may be eligible for the Alumni Advantage Fee Waiver. Check your eligibility here: https://twu.edu/alumni-advantage/. If eligible submit the request using the Application Fee Waiver Submission
- Following fee payment return to the application dashboard where supplemental application documents can be uploaded. The online application will list which documents are needed to fulfill the program admission requirements. You can also check the program's website.
- Submit Program supplemental documents
- Submit all program requests for Resume, Statement of Purpose, Artist or Research Statement, Scholarly Writing Sample, Custom Essay, Portfolio Document, Video Submission, Licensure, Department Specific Application, Teaching Service Record, Teaching Certificate, etc. following submission of your application fee.
Watch for emails from your new program/department that may come to your TWU email address.
For more information or assistance with the application or graduate admissions, visit the Graduate Admissions website.
Students who wish to apply for a Graduate Assistantship must meet the General Criteria for Appointment of Graduate Assistants.
For more information
Pushkala Raman, PhD
Graduate Program Director
mba@twu.edu
940-898-2458
Learn more at one of our graduate information sessions.
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